Numerical investigation of trapped modes in an irregular waveguide

It is shown by means of a numerical experiment that an arbitrary asymmetric perturbation of the function describing a dielectric insert in a waveguide, in the general case, results in vanishing of the trapped mode; i.e., it ceases to exist.     

Reduced back reflection design for an etched diffraction grating based planar demultiplexer

A design for a planar etched diffraction grating (EDG) demultiplexer is presented to reduce the back reflection. By reducing the diffracted field at the input waveguide, the present design makes the best effort to reduce the optical return loss. A design example is given to verify the performance. The spectral response at the input waveguide is simulated and the results show that at the wavelengths that cause back reflection, the reduced back reflection design only receives –47.7 dB of the input power, whereas the design without reduced back reflection receives –3.7 dB of the input power.     

Analysis of bend loss in waveguides employing photonic band gap effect

We analyse bend loss properties of a band gap-guided periodic structure, and give reasons for the effects found. In many cases, a tight bend produces only a slight reduction in power transmitted. We also make a comparison of bend losses in conventional waveguides and bend-resistant waveguides.     

Wavelength Demultiplexing Structure Based on Coupled-Cavity Waveguides in Photonic Crystals

A structure based on photonic crystals for optical wavelength demultiplexing is proposed and analyzed. This structure consists of two coupled-cavity waveguides, each one tuned at a different frequency transmission band. A model based on the tight-binding method taken from solid-state physics is used to design the working frequencies of the waveguides. The demultiplexing behavior is demonstrated by means of simulations employing a finite-difference time-domain method. It is concluded that the demultiplexing mechanism presented here may be used as a building block in multifunctional lightwave integrated circuits based on photonic crystals.     

Characterization and Modeling of Erbium-Doped Fibers and Integrated Waveguides

In this article several characterization techniques developed by the authors for erbium-doped fibers and integrated waveguides are discussed. These techniques are used to obtain the input parameters in the theoretical models that have been developed, too. In this way optical amplifiers and lasers are studied and optimized for different applications. Comparisons between computed values and experimental results are presented.     

High-index and low loss polyethylene terephatate optical waveguides

In this paper, the fabrication and characterization of a high-index low loss polyethylene terephatate (PET) optical waveguide is presented. Dip-coating technique has been used to fabricate the optical waveguide using PET. Various waveguide properties, such as mode effective refractive index, optical loss, dispersion and waveguide thickness as a function of temperature of waveguides and substrates have been reported. Optical losses of as low as 0.7 dB cm^–1 waveguides can be obtained if the formation temperature can be controlled between 30 and 35°C. In addition, we suggested that it is a suitable material for optoelectronic waveguide devices.     

Polymer-silica hybrid 1 × 2 thermooptic switch with low crosstalk

A new polymer-silica hybrid 1 × 2 thermooptic switch with significantly low crosstalk is demonstrated. The top cladding and the core layers are composed of polymer, while the bottom cladding layer is made of silica. Since polymer and silica have algebraic signs of their thermooptic coefficients that are opposite to each other, the refractive index of the core changes in the opposite direction to that of the bottom cladding as the temperature is increased. Thus, switching operation is initially done through adiabatic mode evolution in the Y-branch, and then a heated waveguide arm in the Y-branch can enter into the optical cut-off region if the temperature is sufficiently high. Using this phenomenon, low crosstalk performance is achieved. The proposed device has a crosstalk of −35 dB, while most integrated-optic switches with a single stage have a relatively high crosstalk in the region of −20 dB. The switching power of the proposed device is about 70 mW.     

Analysis of ARROWs with thin cores

The paper provides theoretical analysis of planar antiresonant reflecting optical waveguides (ARROWs) with thin cores. It is shown that the appropriate choice of the cladding system parameters enables fabrication of thin-core ARROWs with all desired properties, such as low-loss single-mode operation and high refractive-index sensitivity of ARROW mode attenuation.     

白光在LiNbO3∶Fe晶体中写入的任意折射率分布光波导

在理论分析LiNbO3∶Fe晶体中光致折射率变化分布与写入光的强度分布之间关系的基础上，提出了一种在该晶体中写入具有任意折射率分布光波导的新方法.利用由白光经电寻址空间光调制器得到的强度分布不同的片光辐照晶体，分别写入了折射率呈误差函数分布和平方律分布的光波导结构.采用干涉法测量了晶体中的光致折射率变化，并用推导出的折射率变化分布解析表达式很好地拟合了测量数据.实验结果表明，该方法是可行的.利用白光光源结合高分辨率的空间光调制器有望在多种光折变材料中制备出具有任意折射率分布的高质量光波导.     

An improved procedure for flow-based turbidimetric sulphate determination based on a liquid core waveguide and pulsed flows

An improved flow-based procedure is proposed for turbidimetric sulphate determination in waters. The flow system was designed with solenoid micro-pumps in order to improve mixing conditions and minimize reagent consumption as well as waste generation. Stable baselines were observed in view of the pulsed flow characteristic of the systems designed with solenoid micro-pumps, thus making the use of washing solutions unnecessary. The nucleation process was improved by stopping the flow prior to the measurement, thus avoiding the need of sulphate addition. When a 1-cm optical path flow cell was employed, linear response was achieved within 20–200 mg L⁻¹, described by the equation S = −0.0767 + 0.00438C (mg L⁻¹), r = 0.999. The detection limit was estimated as 3 mg L⁻¹ at the 99.7% confidence level and the coefficient of variation was 2.4% (n = 20). The sampling rate was estimated as 33 determinations per hour. A long pathlength (100-cm) flow cell based on a liquid core waveguide was exploited to increase sensitivity in turbidimetry. Baseline drifts were avoided by a periodical washing step with EDTA in alkaline medium. Linear response was observed within 7–16 mg L⁻¹, described by the equation S = −0.865 + 0.132C (mg L⁻¹), r = 0.999. The detection limit was estimated as 150 μg L⁻¹ at the 99.7% confidence level and the coefficient of variation was 3.0% (n = 20). The sampling rate was estimated as 25 determinations per hour. The results obtained for freshwater and rain water samples were in agreement with those achieved by batch turbidimetry at the 95% confidence level.